Man do you like it? What in your mind is currently the best PP rep out there? this PF nautilus/ MKS nautilus, or the ZF/KMF aquanaut? Thanks! I wanted to hear your opinion.
I have only seen the gen aquanaut once and have never hold onto an aquanaut rep, so I don’t want to comment any further on that, but after reading some posts on the forum, I’d say ZF aquanaut is the best if you don’t want to mod, KMF aquanaut is great if you have the experience and knowledge to mod the datewheel.
So for nautilus:
Datewheel mod is a must, and I totally love the new datewheel. People may be thinking a datewheel on a 40mm watch is not too noticeable, I used to think that way, but after putting on the new datewheel, it looks so much better and it gives the watch a more authentic feel.
Not sure whether anyone has mentioned it, but the problem for pf/mkf nautilus (blue dial) is the dial colour itself, while misaligned dial marker is not a big deal to me since they are quite small for anyone to notice. I’ve hold multiple gen 5711 and 5712 on hands before, i’d say the dial colour is quite off. Even though 5711 has different types of blue colour, the way of how it shines are extremely different between gen and rep in a good lighting condition, that’s why it’s best to wear your watch in a dim/dark environment to avoid too much lighting (it looks decent without direct lighting).
Mks dial’s colour is a bit better since the dial is a bit dimmer than pf, pf produces a huge range of vibrancy of blue colours (which differs from gen), the problem is you can’t replace a datewheel for this model (just yet haha). I’d recommend getting a white dial, but it also introduces other flaws like for PF, the black paint on the minute marker are too thick, lume is pretty bad, and for MKF, the shape of the date wheel window is different from gen.
Besides, the placement of the minute marker on the dial of the PF is slightly different than gen, don’t want to dive into too much detail as it’s something that people won’t notice in real life.
The flexiblity of the bracelet between mkf and pf is another important factor to consider, if your wrist is small, better go for pf, as it wraps around your wrist nicely. MKF has improved the bracelet but it is no where close to PF in terms of comfort and curvatures.
As some members on the forum have mentioned the datewheel looks decent on MKF, I agree with that, the date from 1-19 looks ok, just ok, 20-31 are unacceptable. If you don’t want to do the datewheel mod, MKF datewheel is the best. PF datewheel has the correct font but incorrect height and thickness, which is a letdown, but one good thing is you can mod the datewheel.
